The QA Director literally tried to take over management of the project by telling the teams how they should develop the product. This was all under the guise of quality assurance. It became simply bad project management.

I had a job interview for VP of Development. The interviewing VP with a long history in the industry asked me a simple question: Did I think software development was a repeatable process? I said yes. I won't describe the ensuing discussion except to say I didn't get the job. We didn't even get to talk about project management tools!